China online hotel booking in Q2 2018, led by Meituan and Ctrip

China's online hotel booking market had 91.09 million monthly active users (MAU) in Q2 2018, an increase of 20.1% quarter-on-quarter, setting a record high since 2016. There are around 20 million newly added users, 70% of them came from tier-3 cities and below.

Of the total, over 50% of them were from tier-3 cities and below. Lower tier cities are potential to bring new opportunities for online hotel booking platforms.